XJTAG Makes Boundary Scan Project Creation Easier & Faster

Cambridgeannounces a new release of its world-leading JTAG boundary scan tools. XJTAG 3.13 offers engineers several benefits – Efficiency: this release introduces an efficient way to deal with build variants (i.e. assembled boards that use a common PCB layout but have component differences). Time: a new algorithm can reduce test development time by detecting I2C devices and creating basic tests for them automatically. Simplicity: handling of power and ground nets during test project creation is simplified. Clarity: engineers can now increase the clarity of their instructions by adding images to the message boxes and dialogs displayed for operators. XJTAG 3.13 Deals Easily with Build Variants This latest software release makes it quicker and easier to manage build variants. It’s now possible to create a single baseline project and then to define how each variant differs from that baseline. Importing BOM files for each variant allows you to use a wizard that compares the baseline BOM to the imported one and makes proposals on which devices have changed and how to adjust the boundary scan test. There is also a manual method for use with variants that don’t have their own BOM files. To run tests in production, test setups containing the necessary data for individual variants can be exported separately, or the variant to be tested can be selected at runtime from a dro...